Stephen is an experienced entreprenuer & early stage investor. Merism Capital provides seed-stage equity funding of £50k to £150k for social and impact businesses.

In 2011 Stephen also co-founded Hub Venture Labs the first incubator in Europe investing in and supporting social entrepreneurs and championing innovation and impact across Europe.

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Paul is Senior Investment Manager at CAF Venturesome. He is also co-founder of SharedImpact, a crowd refinancing platform for social investments. Paul previously worked as a corporate finance lawyer with international law firm Slaughter and May and as a business strategist with Microsoft. He is a regular speaker on social ...Read More

Matt graduated from Stanford Business School in 2003 and is an active member of the Social Entrepreneurship and Investment community. His experience includes working with Bridges Ventures, a social responsible VC, ARK, an innovative children's charity and Cosmos Ignite, a solar energy venture based in India. Matt also works ...Read More

I start & invest in social ventures. I'm based between Mumbai and London.Read More

Family Philanthropy Organizer at Resource Generation
Executive Director at Fired Up MediaRead More

I direct a fund that incubates tech-based social innovations.Read More

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Alex is founder and CEO of GoJaspa, a social finance company that focuses on clients aiming to deliver social impact at scale. This involves a corporate finance service for companies that do good, make money and need to raise at least £2m. He is also Chairman of LGW Cars. Previously ...Read More

Anna Sofat has over 20 years experience in financial services and advising private clients (the last 10 years have been focused on advising women).

Anna created Addidi, the financial services boutique for women,
their partners and families Addidi create and manage wealth to empower women to live more fulfilling lives ...Read More

Nigel Kershaw OBE is Chief Executive of Big Issue Invest and Group Chairman of The Big Issue Company.

Big Issue Invest, part of The Big Issue Group, is the UK’s leading innovative provider of finance to social enterprises that are providing ground-breaking business solutions that seek to dismantle poverty ...Read More

Michael Norton is the Honorary Director and a Trustee of the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action, which promotes social entrepreneurship, develops exciting new social ventures and supports social entrepreneurs. Some recent projects developed by CIVA have included MyBnk (financial literacy and enterprise skills for young people), student volunteering to ...Read More

Rod Schwartz is CEO of ClearlySo, and leads the strategy and growth of the company. Rod worked for 17 years (from 1980) as a research analyst and senior manager with investments banks PaineWebber, Lehman and Paribas. He founded Catalyst Fund Management & Research in 1997, a traditional venture capital firm, which ...Read More

Luca is a partner in Catalyst Fund 1, making private equity investments in UK businesses which provide a social as well as a financial return. He is the partner in charge of social impact. Previously he was Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank, and prior to that at Swiss Bank ...Read More

Michael is the Founder and CEO of NextGenEngage, where he is shaping the next generation of sustainable, responsible, and principled investors by educating them on the impact investing continuum -- from philanthropy to financial first returns -- through organizing conferences, dinners, and other engaging experiences throughout Europe.

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